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Feature Friday: “Loves of the Arctic Circle” (1998)

God, I love this film. It’s so beautiful and sad and bittersweet. For a while it was impossible to find here in the States; I had a Pal copy from the UK that I no doubt paid too much for. Even after Julio Medem had a big hit with Sex and Lucia (2001), Lovers didn’t get a proper US release. But now it’s up (with English subtitles) at YouTube; the world must be getting better.

Some people think mimetic realism and artifice are opposed to one another. They’re not, and this film demonstrates why.